How do you win Jethro Jr?

Your Christian living matters!!!!!!!!

Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe {them,} glorify God in the day of visitation.(1 Peter 12 NASB)

Awesome witnessing

Awesome witnessing testimony I pulled from pastor John's website. God bless

Question Series: How far would go in Christ?

I am not seeking a debate about Catholics. I want us Christians to think a minute. How fare are you willing to go, to proclaim the faith you believe in?

Alan Keyes Arrested


Alan Keyes being threatened with being arrested for trepassing and standing for his faith:

13 year girl living for Christ!!!

HT to Battle 4 Truth & Leeroy002. I didn't post this because some may disagree with her witnessing. I posted this, so we as Christians can think and act, in our bold witness for Jesus Christ to the world. Enjoy:



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Some of you wouldn't have stepped foot in that club. But look, did the people throughtout the videos reject her because of a bad attitude towards them, or the message of Jesus Christ. The message, because they should see in us that you love them, whether they're sinners or not! Keep trusting Jesus Christ my beloved.

Love
Karsten

Witnessing in the Woods

This weekend I will be going camping with my buddy Nye. It will be an opportunity for us to share the gospel with some hunters that are coming along. New experience for Karsten, may the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified!!!

WHEN HATE MASQERADES AS CHRISTIANITY!

John 11:33-44 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

Westboro Baptist Church is the ugly face of so-called Christianity in America which makes me sick. Any church that claims to be for God and shows up at funeral, to picket, is NOT A CHRISTIAN CHURCH. I am not sorry, debate if you want, where in scripture do you see the Lord Jesus Christ showing up at a funeral, to picket against the wickedness and sin running ramped? Never! So what has Westboro Baptist Church discovered about God that the homosexuals of American, and now UK need to know?

Westboro Baptist Church believes that God will punish the West for it’s acceptance of homosexuals. So their message is to tell others that God hates homosexuals, and the sin of the United States? They have gotten the message wrong. Have they done Eisegesis on Ephesians 5:

Ephesians 5:3-11 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

I used to be a Christian who loved to parade around making people know of God’s wrath being against them. I loved to tell the sinner, repent or go to hell. Wait a minute, but how should I do this? Just as Jesus Christ did? Yes, and the first two verse brings the context of Ephesians 5, so that darkness works are reproved biblically:

Ephesians 5:1-2 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

So is walking in love protesting against gays? Is showing up at funerals and gay pride parades with signs demonstrating that Christ died while we were yet sinners (Romans 5:8)? No it is not. Beloved, we cannot convert any sinner to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. We can say a 1000 words from scripture and the homosexual can still die in his sin. In fact Jesus Christ Himself, told the Pharisees they were not of Him, yet they still did not come to saving faith (John 8:12-56). It takes the work of God’s Spirit to draw a man to repentance in Jesus Christ (John 12:32).

Wait Karsten, hold up a minute. The Apostles spoke to the crowds telling them to repent; Jesus Christ spoke to the crowds and said to repent. Yes, Christ did, and the disciples did as well. But did they hold up signs or say with their mouth what God hated? Did they proclaim destruction, doom, and gloom, or truly announce the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ? Let’s see:

Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Now look hard, where are proclaiming God hates you! Now, they are saying repent, and believe in the Good News. There is no pointing out of their fornication etc, just a call to repent and turn to the true God, the Lord Jesus Christ.

But Westboro Baptist Church makes signs and threatens America with destruction. It shows up at funerals picketing, and you know what, the bottles that are thrown at them are well deserved. That’s not suffering for Jesus Christ, that’s being foolish and being rewarded for it.

Don’t be masquerading around hatred and claiming you’re of the Church. You love Jesus Christ, then why are you picketing against gays? Should you not be living and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Can you invite a homosexual to stay in your home, feed him, clothe him, and take care of him? If no, what are you doing out in the street protesting against them? That is foolishness, and you will continue to be rebuked by men cussing at you, or throwing objects at you. Dear Westboro, I’ll leave you with a true way to show men Jesus Christ, and look he doesn't proclaim that God hates them, hmmmm:

Acts 17:22-34 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. So Paul departed from among them. Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

What Do You Know About Jesus?

Christmas is fast approaching. What are you going to say when they ask you about Christmas? Will you mention Jesus Christ, or the amount of gifts you've received? God bless




But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
(Micah 5:2)


Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
(Isaiah 7:14)


For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
(Isaiah 9:6-7)


Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
(Isaiah 53:1-5)

Compassion and Love will draw them

When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
(Mark 6:34 ESV)

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
(John 4:9-10 KJVR)

Can you suffer persecution?

I look at these Christians above and praise the Almighty God. Then the question comes, why are they so willing to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to stand for Christ, no matter what the cost and we in America cannot even part our lips to tell someone that we know of the Savior? Are American Christians spoiled? Yes we are! We have it so good over here. We don’t experience even ½ of what our brothers and sisters experience on a day-to-day basis in other countries. From daughters losing their tongues and being burned to death (story here), to Christians being beaten to death, only to save the lives of their families. And I sit here in America, and have an argument with my wife and go bananas. Here what I’m saying, because we have to be truthful here. Are we ready to die for the name of Jesus Christ? Are you ready to suffer persecution for the Master? The Christian answer should be yes, but some of us are answering no? Let’s come dive into this thing we call PERSECUTION.

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. (John 15:20)

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. (2 Timothy 3:12)

Persecution is good!
We really need to understand persecution? The greek transliteration of the word persecution is dioko (dee-o'-ko). This means the following in its biblical usage:

1) to make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away 2) to run swiftly in order to catch a person or thing, to run after a) to press on: figuratively of one who in a race runs swiftly to reach the goal b) to pursue (in a hostile manner) 3) in any way whatever to harass, trouble, molest one a) to persecute b) to be mistreated, suffer persecution on account of something 4) without the idea of hostility, to run after, follow after: someone
5) metaph., to pursue a) to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavour to acquire

With all of that, you can see that we are not in control when it comes to persecution. This verb suggests that the doer is trying to afflict and drive away in a hostile manner. Doesn’t sound to positive huh? Yet this is what the Lord says that we are happy if we have this:

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. (Matthew 5:10-12)

Persecution is a good thing. It is a great thing that we all must suffer as brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ. We should look at these brothers and sisters in these other countries and rejoice that they are suffering for our LORD JESUS. We should not be afraid to take a verbal blow or even a physical blow over here in the United States. So you’re probably asking, how can I come to embrace persecution?

How can we embrace persecution?
Embracing persecution is possible. We know from scripture alone persecution will come to the life of the true believer. So how does the believer embrace something he know is coming? Lets go to our authority, the Holy Scriptures:

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. (Exodus 3:7-12)

In the Exodus passage, we find the Lord God commissioning Moses to return to Egypt to redeem His people. Remembering His promise to Abraham (Genesis 15:13-16), God tells Moses that Pharaoh will resist (v19), but by the Lord, later he will let them go. So Moses heard he is going to go through some resistance, just as Jesus Christ the Lord tells us we will experience persecution. God being with us in verse 12 is what we must understand in order to embrace persecution when it takes place. When the believer comes to understand Christ Jesus is in them (1 John 4:4) and He is not going anywhere,they can go through anything. Even if it leads to death, a true Christian can go through it. For Christ I live, and for Christ Jesus I die, because Christ is with me. Jeremiah was told the same thing:

And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. (Jeremiah 1:19)

We don’t like persecution because of the negative connotation associated with it in our minds: “I got suffer, I got to be rejected, and somebody ain’t going to like me!” We sometimes cannot deal to well with that. Hey, when you really believe Christ is with you my beloved, you’ll travel right through it. That’s why our brothers in China can take a bullet to the head, be thrown in urine in front of the public, then whole villages want to come and know Jesus Christ who they serve! Our Chinese brethren understand stand that Jesus Christ is with them. Moses got it as well:

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. (Deuteronomy 31:6-8)

See that! There is no use for you to be freaking out because you experience light affliction, let the joy of the Lord rule in your hearts my beloved!

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:17-18)

So let us embrace what those in other countries have embraced: persecution. It’s coming American Christian, don’t be afraid, let’s instead get ready to truly praise our Lord Jesus Christ. The pimps and sheeple are dancing right now! They’re shouting and running around the building talking about Tonta catching a Honda! Trust me, these people are making a show but will they suffer persecution:

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. (Galatians 6:12-13)

In Paul’s day they compelled us to be circumcised. Now the New Apostolic Reformation, Fred Price, Creflo Dollar, T.D Jakes etc are asking all of you to speak in tongues, throw money at their feet and do holy laughter barking etc. But when it comes time to burn down our churches and homes, glory be to Jesus Christ, we will really praise the Lord!! Ha ha, O my friends, let us not become weary in experiencing persecution. Instead let us understand that God is with us, and embrace this knowing we are taking part in what our Lord Jesus Christ took part of. I’ll leave you with a great example of persecution and the attitude a believer should have. Very famous scripture let God speak to you my beloved.

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. (Daniel 3:1-30)

Keep preaching!

Why do you guys defend such liars like Todd Bentley? I love the lady who tries to speak in tongues and bind whatever spirit this guy supposedly has. Obviously she has not read Jude 1:9-10 correctly. HT to LocalPastor for youtube clip



Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
(Jude 1:3-4)

Trying to be a Christian?

This video was sent to me through e-mail. I am not endorsing the Steve Harvey Show, nor his mess, yet this video does reflect how many so called Christians act. Remember this was just a prank. The beeps are editing out people's names. Understand as followers of Christ, we can have moments where we don't act Christ-like, but I pray this video encourages you beloved to always be watchful of your words. Remember this was a prank which I find is not funny at all. God bless.



Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
(Colossians 4:6)

Is this how we witness the Lord Jesus Christ?

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
(Colossians 4:1-6)

Let's let the scripture speak for the Lord Jesus and see if this is such below:




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